By Eli Hearne (Op-Ed Editor) & Alex Lefkowitz (Sports Editor) It’s ball season, and the recreational season is well underway. Early in the season, teams will prove whether they are contenders or pretenders. Which teams are poised to make some noise in the highly anticipated rec league?

By Sophia Boxerman (Editor-in-Chief). “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” professes the classic Christmas carol. Nowhere was the holiday cheer more evident than at Casa Nueva Vida, a homeless shelter in Jamaica Plain, on the evening of December 21st.

By Ariel Kaplan. We have fridges with doors that automatically open when you step near them, scanners that instantly analyze the nutritional information of different foods, and alarm clocks that release fragrances such as the ocean to try and wake you up, but no one predicted an era of cars capable to guide themselves without human conduction.

By Gesmira Molla (News Editor). Last Monday, Donald Trump’s election was finalized, and the citizens of our nation had almost no say in the decision. Due to a process known as the Electoral College, a majority of 304 individuals chose Trump for president, despite a strong social media presence encouraging electors to change their votes towards Hillary.

By Yanay Rosen (Online Editor-in-Chief). Andrey Kirlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated while giving a speech in an Ankara art exhibit Monday night. The gunman, 22 year old police officer Mevlut Mert Altintas was killed at the scene.

By Danny Emerman (Online Editor-in-Chief). The Duke Men’s Basketball team has indefinitely suspended star point guard Grayson Allen after yet another tripping incident, his third in the last 10 months.

By Tarini Venkat (Political Correspondent). Regardless of your political beliefs, it cannot be denied that this election season definitely had some memorable quotes, whether they be inspiring or questionable.

By Jesse Cook. Unfortunately, former astronaut and United States senator John Glenn has embarked on his final journey: one with no return. He flew 2 historic space missions for NASA: Mercury-Atlas 6 in 1962, where he became the second American in space, fifth person in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, and STS-95 in 1998, where he became the oldest human in space.